Inside the Rise of MacKenzie Gore and the Mysterious Potential of Gunnar Hoglund: What You Need to Know Now

So far on the season, Gore is using the new slider 42.5% of the time to lefties, still mixing in the curve but dialing back on the four-seamer a lot versus lefties. He’s able to pound the zone with the pitch at an 85th percentile rate and also has a 26.4% SwStr% on it against lefties. The pitch is getting hit harder than we’d like to see, but he’s using it almost 40% of the time in two-strike counts with an elite 34% PutAway rate, so the high ICR marks are on the rare occasions that hitters make contact. It’s a new offering for Gore, so he does miss over the middle of the plate with it a bit more than we’d like to see, but you’d expect that to be corrected as the season goes on.

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